NSK, which has supplied bearings to automotive producers in the UK including Nissan's Sunderland plant, says the Peterlee site has become unprofitable.

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Unite blamed pressures on automotive parts suppliers from weak demand hitting car manufacturers during the transition away from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.

  • Sepia@mander.xyzEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The pressure on car markets are not limited to the UK. China’s BYD literally warned a ‘bloodbath’ in its Chinese domestic market, and we have been watching mass layoffs and bankruptcies in China, Europe, the U.S. in recent years.